Bejay Mulenga MBE
Executive Director
Bejay Mulenga is a multidisciplinary creative entrepreneur with over a decade of experience across music, retail, commerce and education. He is passionate about teaching entrepreneurs & creators the skills they need to take their business to the next level has worked with over 10,000 entrepreneurs in over 10 years. Youngest award winner of the Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion in the UK.
Andrew South
Project Director
Andrew has 15+ years of experience working in education, the creative industries and non-profit sectors. He is super excited to be joining The Student View and progressing with its work.
Andrew has a background in leadership and management in non-profit organisations, with a wealth of experience in creating programmes that support young people and teachers. He is an advocate for innovative education and collaboration to support young people. Andrew is passionate about creating positive social change and wants young people to have access to the same education and career opportunities.
He loves films and music and reading good sci-fi novels!
Harriet Morgan
Special Projects Director & Consultant
Harriet Morgan is a creative & cultural communications expert and ex-agency Partner based in London. A multi-disciplinary and cross-industry communicator and consultant who has worked with over 100 + innovative businesses, brands and projects that are changing the game for industries & spaces including Boiler Room, Boxpark, Moody Month, Virgin StartUps + many more.
With 10 + years of experience working with CEOS, CMOS, Founders, Leaders and teams of brilliant people to strategically and authentically communicate, Harriet launched the consultancy, The Cusp Company in 2021.
Harriet works with projects and people that are working to make a positive impact; utilising experience, insight and engrained curiosity to create bespoke, future-focused and creative strategies.
Harriet is currently directing and developing the New Creator Fellowship programme for The Student View - a multi-year, fully funded journalism and media programme that aims to tackle underrepresentation in industry and bring through the next generation of diverse new talent.
Abigail Thompson
Project & Operations Manager
Abigail Thompson has over 13 years of experience working in the youth sector and non-profit organisations. Her dedication to supporting young people led her to work as a Residential Home Manager for multiple homes across London and Kent. Abigail holds a BSc in Psychology with a 2:1 degree classification, which drives her to use a trauma-informed approach when working with young people. Abigail has always been passionate about making a positive impact in the media, which led her to study Media & Film Studies in college.
In her spare time, Abigail enjoys watching anime, as well as writing and singing neo-soul music. Her love for creativity and artistry fuels her passion for helping young people to express themselves and reach their full potential.
Caitlin Webb
Editorial and Programme Lead
Caitlin is a journalist with experience in newspapers and radio. She worked in local news organisations for more than five years.
Her last position in journalism was as the UK’s first Local Democracy Reporter. She worked with BBC Radio Kent and made an appearance on the BBC Radio 4 Media Show.
Caitlin has also worked in Europe as a communications specialist in Brussels and Luxembourg and speaks three languages, including French and Spanish.
When she’s not working, she looking after her plants, kayaking or sewing and painting.
Rachel Timmins
Social Media Manager
Rachel is a friendly and enthusiastic professional with over 5 years of experience in diverse settings such as corporate, start-ups, and non-profits. Her expertise lies in digital marketing, specifically website development, email marketing, and social media management. Rachel is passionate about understanding consumer behaviour and leveraging insights to develop marketing strategies that resonate with target audiences.
Last year, Rachel launched her freelance marketing business, expanding her portfolio of clients and delivering results-driven campaigns. She also serves as a marketing consultant for The Student View, providing strategic marketing support and managing the company's social media accounts. With her adaptability, creativity, and expertise, Rachel is committed to helping organisations achieve their marketing goals.
Trustees
Solomon Elliott
Chair of Trustees
Solomon is The Student View’s Founder. He is an external member of the BBC’s Diversity & Inclusion Group and earlier this year was listed as one of Europe’s brightest entrepreneurs in the 2020 Forbes 30 under 30, Media and Marketing list. He is also Teach First 2014 English Ambassador and a Fellow at the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.
Solomon grew up in Mitcham, south London and outside of work enjoys playing football having achieved two Full Blues during his time at Cambridge, where he studied History.
Aba Abekah-Mensah
Trustee
Aba is an educator specialising in Mathematics for Post -16s. She holds qualifications in Neuroscience and SEN education which she uses in her developmental work both in the UK and abroad. Her work over the past 10 years, has previously gained international recognition as one of the top 30 under 30 Ghanaians worldwide for educational development.
David Clark
Treasurer
David Clark is the treasurer for The Student View. He is a chartered Accountant with extensive media and advertising experience based in multiple countries over the last 20 years. He is currently the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) CFO at Publicis One.
Adam Abdullah
Trustee
Adam Abdullah is a 19 year old who was introduced to The Student View through a workshop setup in his secondary school English class. From there he went on to become the directly elected Young Mayor of Lewisham, write for the Financial Times and is now in his first year studying History and Politics at the University of Oxford.
Sarah Samee
Trustee
Sarah Samee is an award-winning strategic communications leader with two decades of experience across public, private and not-for-profit sectors. Sarah's PR career began at Barclays and she has since held senior roles at the Metropolitan Police Service, Home Office, Cifas and Lloyd’s Register. Sarah is former Vice President of Women in PR, former Vice Chair of Sutton Carers’ Centre and is a Non-Executive Director for Slenky, a social platform connecting young people to leading brands and businesses.
Wendy Cox
Trustee
Wendy Cox is a former teacher who has worked in both primary and secondary sector. Wendy came from a career in banking, then teaching and gained her headship qualification NPQH. In 2019, she completed an MSc in Education (research design and methodology) at the University of Oxford, Brasenose College. She is also the Head of Education for The Ogden Trust and a trustee of BCAT, an arts therapy charity in Birmingham.
James Burrows
Trustee
James is a Senior Investment Director at Big Society Capital. He is part of the team looking at ways social investment can play a role to support and strengthen communities to improve lives.
External Advisors
Alan Rusbridger
Patron
Before taking up his current role of Principal at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford, Alan was editor-in-chief of Guardian News and Media for 20 years. Rusbridger launched Guardian Unlimited, now guardian.com, which draws in over 100 million unique browsers a month and has repeatedly been voted the best newspaper website in the world.
Rusbridger has been named editor of the year 3 times and has won the Liberty Human Rights Award, the European Press Prize and the Ortega y Gasset award.
Lord Hastings CBE
Advisory board member
Lord Hastings is KPMG’s Global Head of Citizenship and Diversity. He was previously the BBC’s first Head of Corporate Social Responsibility. Michael is a non-executive Director of BT (on the Board for Responsible and Sustainable Business) and a Trustee of the Vodafone Group Foundation. He represents KPMG International on the Global Corporate Citizenship International Committee of the World Economic Forum and the World Business Council on Sustainable Development. In 2009 he became a Member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Council on Diversity and Talent.
In 2005, Michael was awarded the honour of an independent peerage to the House of Lords by Her Majesty The Queen. Michael serves as a member of the Communications Select Committee. He has received the UNICEF award for his ‘outstanding contribution to understanding and effecting solutions for Africa’s children’.
Dame Linda Dobbs DBE
Advisory board member
In October 2004, Dame Linda became the first non-white high court judge in the UK, having been appointed a Deputy High Court Judge in 2003. She stepped down early in 2013 to pursue other interests. At the Bar, she was a member of and chaired a number of committees, including the Race Relations, Equal Opportunities, International, Professional Conduct and Professional Standard Committees. In 2003 she became the Chairman of the Criminal Bar Association where she set up its first Equality and Diversity sub-committee. Whilst on the High Court Bench she was the Senior Liaison Judge for Diversity, Chair of the Magisterial Committee of the Judicial Studies Board and Chair of the International Committee of the Judicial College and a Fawcett Commissioner.
Dame Linda holds 5 honorary doctorates. She is the Interim President of ILFA (International Lawyers for Africa). She has been named in the past as one of Britain’s most powerful black women and one of the 100 Great Black Britons and has featured regularly in the Power 100 List of Influential Black Britons. She continues to mentor and support many young people from BAME backgrounds.
Jon Slade
Advisory board member
Jon is the Financial Times’ Chief Commercial Officer. In his role, Jon oversees the FT’s subscriptions business, global advertising sales operations, print and digital consumer marketing, customer services and business development, as well as the FT’s Specialist division.
James Mawson
Advisory board member
James is the founder and CEO of Global Corporate Venturing (GCV). James was the editor of Private Equity News, part of Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal in London, for nearly four years until May 2010 when he launched GCV as an independent title from his own publishing company. This was followed by the launch of the second publication, Global University Venturing, in January 2012. Mawsonia's third title, Global Government Venturing, was launched in May 2014.
Previously, James had freelanced for a host of national and trade media titles, including the BBC, Financial Times, Economist, Independent on Sunday, Sunday Express and Dow Jones Newswires; provided research for Nick Davies's book, Flat Earth News; was a foreign correspondent in central and eastern Europe; and was international editor for FT Business.
Abbie Scott
Advisory board member
Abbie Scott is deputy managing editor of the Financial Times. In 2018, Abbie was awarded the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Award at the National Council for the Training of Journalists Awards for Excellence in Journalism.